Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy (OT) is a profession that strives to promote health and well-being through participating in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by enhancing the individual’s ability to participate by adapting the activity, the environment, and/or the person. 

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In both the pediatric and adult populations our programs look to evaluate the performance skills of each individual and help them to develop the fine and gross motor, sensory processing and cognitive skills that are necessary for activities of daily living. Our therapists are specialized in the treatment and management of infants through geriatrics with a variety of congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders/diseases. 

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Occupational therapy gives people the skills for the job of living necessary for living life to the fullest.

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Speech-Language Pathology

In all populations, Speech-Language Pathology is a profession that addresses people’s speech production, vocal production, swallowing difficulties and language needs through speech therapy. Speech therapy looks at communication as it includes speech (articulation, intonation, rate, intensity, voice, resonance, fluency), language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), both receptive and expressive language (including reading & writing), and non-verbal communication such as facial expression, gesture and eye contact.

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Contract Staffing for Speech and Occupational Therapy 

Therapy Works of Nebraska provides short and long term, on-site contract staffing for hospitals, LTC facilities, and school districts throughout Eastern Nebraska.  Do you have a short term vacancy to cover?  Contact us to see how we can provide support.

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Teletherapy and Online Learning 

Therapy Works of Nebraska has the flexibility to provide a unique blend of online and in person speech and occupational therapy services to school districts throughout Nebraska. Being local allows our therapists to take the time to meet their students in person and build rapport, ensuring that subsequent online services are personalized and more effective. Providing a mixture of online and in person services helps our school district clients manage their contract costs more effectively.

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Our specialties; Diagnoses, Delays, and Deficits

There are many diagnoses and deficit areas that are improved with skilled occupational therapy, behavior modification, and speech and language therapy. Individuals may require services from just one of these specialty therapy areas or from all of them. Our therapists have expertise in treating numerous diagnoses including:

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• ADD/ADHD 

• ALS 

• Apraxia 

• Asperger’s syndrome 

• Autism & PDD‐NOS 

• Cerebral palsy 

• Congenital birth defects/syndromes 

• Delays associated with prematurity 

• Dementia 

• Developmental delays 

• Down syndrome 

• Dysphagia, feeding and oral motor disorders 

• Hearing loss 

• Low tone

• Muscular dystrophy 

• Multiple Sclerosis 

• Parkinson’s Disease 

• Sensory processing disorders 

• Spina bifida

• Stroke 

• Traumatic brain injuries